Shoveling-board for wagon-bodies and the like



A. F. KUHNEN.

SHOVELING BOARD FOR WAGON BODIES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION nuzo NOV. 11. 1918.

1 ,348, 65 1 ate ted Aug. 3, 1920.-

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INVENTOR xiii/7? A. F. KUHNEN.

SHOVELING BOARD FOR WAGON BODIES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV H, I918.

Patented Aug. 3, 1920.

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ALEXANDER F. KUHNEN, OF DIXON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'IO AM RICAN WAGON COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF IL INO'IS.

SHOVELING-BOABJ) FOR WAGON BODIES AND THE LIKE.

1 Application filed November 11, 1918.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER FL Kori- NEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dixon, in the county of Lee and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in shoveling- Boards for Wagon-Bodies and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has to do with improvements in shoveling boards and the like intended particularly for use in connection with wa on bodies. That is to say, the in vention dies to do with an improved construction of shoveling board or end wall for the wagon body. One of .the objects of the invention is to provide a movable endsection which can be set into 'severaldi-fierent or adjusted positions according to the use to which the wagon body is to be placed.

When theend section is set into the vertical or fully closed position, it provides a tight body for carrying-grain and the like; when the door is removed it provides for the ready release or delivery of the grain with a minimum amount of labor on the part 0% the operator; and when the shoveling board is lowered it provides a construction which is very admirably adapted for permitting the operator to unload or discharge the contents ofth'e wagon by shoveling them over the rear end; i

Qtherobjects and usessofthe invention will appear: from a detailed description of the same which consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows a back end elevation of a wagon bodi provided with a shoveling *b'oizrdembo ingthe features of the present invention; I

Rig." '2 shows a horizontalfragmentary se'ctionitaken on'the broken *line 2-2 of in th'e direction of the arrows; l Fig. 3 shows a vertical fragmentary longitudinalsection taken on thefline 3-e3;of "F 1g. 1, 'looking'in the direction-of the 5 arrows; and also shows in dottedwline the position Whioh the shoveling board assumes when lowered into the shoveling position; and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 261,987.

F ig. 4; shows a detail section thr ugh R of the locking clips by means of which the shoveling board is held in closed position.

In the construction shown in the drawmgs, the wagon body is provided with a floor 10, and side walls 11 and 12. I will not particularly concern myself in this specification with the construction of the said side walls, inasmuch as they may be of whatever construction is suited to the particular work in hand.

The shoveling board to which the present invention relates is designated in its entirety by the numeral 13. Its lower edge portion 14 is hinged or pivoted to the wagon body in any convenient manner, but the pivotal connection illustrated is very well adapted for the present purpose. This pivotal connection is effected in the followng manner: A pair of reinforcement bars orchannels 15 and 16 are extended vertically throughout the height of the shovelin board, thereby serving to reinforce and strengthen the same, and their lower por- Patentcd Aug. 3, 1920.

.tions 17 and 18, respectively, are extended below the lower edge 14 of the shoveling board. Said lower portions 17 and 18 are bent or deflected outwardly as is clearly evident from the various figures and particularly Fig. 3, soas to pass around the rear edge 19 of the floor 10. Said lower p01- tions 17 and 18ers then booked throu h loops 20 and 21 of the floor or frame of the body, to thereby provide a pivotal connection for the bars 15 and 16. It is .to be observed that, in the 1 construction illustrated the shovelingboard, when in closed position, seats between the side walls 11 and 12 and some distance forwardly of the rear edge 19 of the floor 10. However, by the use of the pivotal construction above described it is possible.toioause the lower portion of the shovelin board .to re ister up with the rear edge 0 thefioor w en the shoveling board is thrown back into the dotted line position-of Fig.3, thereby making it possible to more conveniently manipulate the shovel .and discharge Ithe .contents. 03f ;the

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he shoveling board is conveniently provided across its upper portion with a reinforcement bar 22. This reinforcement bar servesasa em venicnt element to which to attaclnthe was 23 and 24- by means of which the side walls ll and l2 are locked against spreading, and by means of which the shoveling board is additionally locked in ('lOSQd position. For this purpose, the inner ends 25 and 26, respectively, of said rods 23 and 24 may be hooked into suitable holes or openings in the bar 22, the outer ends 27 and 28 of said rods working through eyes 29 and 30 on the side walls 11 and 12. Wing nuts or the like 31 and 32 serve as a convenient means for drawing the side walls firmly against the edges of the shoveling board.

In the case of the particular construction of wagon body to which the present shoveling board is shown as being attached in the drawings,itis desirable to provide additional locking means for the central portions of the side walls. Therefore, I have illustrated such additional locking means in the drawings. The same includes a pair of plates 33 and 34 secured to the central side ortio'ns of the back face of the shoveling board, in combination with hooks 35 and 36 working between said plates and side walls. The inner ends 37 and38 of said hooks are passed through holes in the plates 33 and 34, respectively, and their outer ends carry the wing nuts 39 and 40. Said outer ends may be thrown into slots in the back edges of the side walls, and the hooks 41 and 42 may be dropped down over said outer ends and in a position for engagement by the wing nuts. When the parts are to be disconnected, it is only necessary to loosen up the wing nuts and then raise the hooks awa from the rods 35 and 36, whereupon said rods may be swung down and away from the side walls.

The shoveling board of the present inven tion is also providedvwith an openin whereby 1 grain and the like may be rea ily discharged without having to lower or disconnectthe shoveling'board itself. This opening is ordinarily closed by means of a door 43, one edge 44 of which is beveled and seats behind the reinforcement bar 15 as shown in F ig. 2,-and the other edge of which may be swung into position after such seating operationhas been effected. The door 43 is pro- Vided with vertical reinforcement bars 45 and 46,respectively, and'the upper end portionsfof said bars preferably overlie the rear face bf the shoveling board a slight distance,

as shown in Fig. '1, soas to prevent the door 43 from being knocked inwardly. A hook 47 on-theswinging end of the door is adapted to receive a pin 48 which is swiveled to the reinforcement bar 16 and carries a wing nut 49 by means of which the door may be locked in a' closed position.

When the"sho*veling board islowered in the dotted line position of Fig. 3, it is held at the proper angle by means of brace rods or bars 50 and 51. hese bars are preferably double or jointed bars as illdstrated, so that when the shoveling board is in the raised or closed position, they may fold up; whereas when the shoveling board islow'ered in the dotted line position, they unfold to permit such lowering.

\Vhile l have herein shown and described only a single embodiment of the features of the present invention, still it will be under stood that 1 do not limit myself to the said embodiment except as I may do so in the claims. a

I claim:

1. The combination with the floor and side walls of a wagon body, of a shoveling board therefor, comprising an end section adapted to occupy the space between the side walls of the wagon body, a pair of vertical reinforcement bars on the back face of said shoveling board, pivotal connections between the lower ends of said bars and the wagon body permitting the shoveling board to swing rcarwardly and downwardly, means for normally locking the shoveling board in vertical position between the side walls of the wagon body, there being. a rectangular opening in the lower portion of the shoveling board and immediately adjacent the floor of the wagon body when the shoveling board isin raised position, said opening extending between the vertical reinforcement bars aforesaid, and a closure for said opening comprising a door of the same size an contour as the opening, said door being pro vided with a pair of vertical end reinforcement bars adapted to lie adjacent to and between the shoveling board and reinforcement bars when the door is in closed position, the opening extending beneath one of the shoveling board reinforcement bars, one end of the door being adapted to extend into the space beneath said reinforcementibar, the reinforcement bar: on the other end of the door overlying the back surface of the shoveling board, and thereby limiting .the closing movement of the door, and means for locking the door in closed position with respect to the shoveling board, substantially as described; 1

2. The combination with the floor and sidewalls of awagon body, of a shoveling hoard therefor, comprising an end section adapted to occupy the space between the side wallsof the'wagon body, a pair :ofwertical reinforcement bars on the back face of said shoveling board, pivotal connections betweenthe lower ends of said bars and the wagon bodypennitting the; shoveling boa-rd to swing rearwardly and downwardly, means for normally locking the shoveling board in vertical position between the side walls of the wagnnzbody, there beingza rectangular opening in the lower portion of the shoveling board and immediately adjacent the floor of the Wagon body when the shoveling board is in raised position, said opening extending hetween the VGl'tlClll reinforcement llill'ri aforesaid, a closure for said opening comprising a door of the same size and contour as the opening, said door being provided with :zlnitmente on its back farce adapted to engage the back face of the shoveling board to prevent movement of the door through the opening, the opening extending beneath one of the reinforcement here of the shoi'eling board and the end portion of the door occupying said space when the door is in closed position, and means on the other end of the door for securing that end of the door in elosed position with respect to the shovelingboard, substantially as described.

ALEXANDER F. KUHNEN. 

